France

Our team in Paris offers a broad range of consultancy services to the public and private sectors in France, and has exported its expertise to French-speaking Europe, West Africa and elsewhere in Europe. With access to the global resources of the Group, our multidisciplinary professionals provide tailored technical advisory and project management services for every project in multiple sectors.

Buildings and infrastructure

We provide A to Z advisory services from conception to post-completion for building projects in the public and private sector. Acting as the developer’s project manager, we are the driving force behind the project. We assist the client to develop the technical and functional design brief which is the base for a successful tender process. We accompany the client during construction with technical advice, monitoring of the budget and handling of variations. We also provide advice on sustainable building operation and maintenance, during the whole lifecycle of the building.

Key services

Project set up and design brief development

Project management

Construction schedule supervision and coordination (OPC)

Delegate developer’s services

Technical advisory on complex contractual project set up (PPP/PFI, concessions)

Quantity surveying, contract management and value engineering

Maintenance engineering and facility management monitoring

Sustainable building and green building certification (HQE, BREEAM, LEED)

Key projects

High Court of Caen, France

Docks of Le Havre Convention Centre, France

French Ministry of Defence, France

University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France

Waste Treatment Plant of Guadeloupe, French Overseas Territories

Desalination plant of Agadir, Morocco

Transport

Our local team provides multisector technical advisory services for road, rail, port, aviation and urban transport projects in France and francophone markets. Drawing on our 100-year track record and heritage in the transport sector, we can provide strategic advisory and risk assessment services for any form of transport infrastructure. Examples of our work include providing technical advisory on the A45 highway in France, the urban bus network in Martinique and the airport of Mayotte.

Key services

Technical advisory and due diligence services for

Airports

Roads

Rail

Ports

Urban transport

Key projects

Port of Calais, France

A45 Highway, France

Dakar Diamnaidio Toll Road, Senegal

Trains and trams network of Ile de la Réunion, French Overseas Territories

Bus network of Martinique, French Overseas Territories

Airport of Mayotte, French Overseas Territories

Power

The Paris power team provides due diligence, construction and operation monitoring, energy yield assessment and, more generally, technical advisory or owner’s engineering services in on- and offshore wind, solar and marine renewable energy fields. The geographical remit encompasses France, Morocco as well as other French speaking countries in Africa. In addition, the local team provides ad-hoc support in other fields (biomass, transmission and distribution and thermal) to our global power business for such projects in France and francophone Africa.

Key services

Lender’s technical advisory

Sponsor’s technical advisory

Portfolio advisory (vendor or buyer)

Energy yield assessment

Offshore engineering

Shadow flicker study

Construction and operation monitoring

Feasibility studies

Contractual strategy definition and negotiations with contractors

Project management

Technology assessment

Key projects

Tungsten Project, Boralex, France

Wind Energy Procurement, ONCF, Morocco

EN portfolio, EDF Energies Nouvelles, France

Tres Vent GIF2, France project, France

Coriolis Project, Ademe, France

Technical advisory and due diligence

We've been involved in the very first pilot projects of PPP developments in France. Over the years, we have contributed to more than 60 PPP projects in France, Europe and Africa in sectors such as education, sport, justice, culture, power and transport. As a result, we have thorough knowledge of PPP mechanisms to help our clients reduce risks and make informed investment decisions.

We support clients from the public sector and private market during all project phases. In our role as technical advisor, our team analyses all potential technical risks on behalf of lenders and investors by carefully analysing the technical bid. We also accompany the contracting authority during the whole lifecycle of the project.

Key services

PPP/PFI

Private equity

Project finance

Due diligence and technical audit

Traffics audit and business plan review

Environmental audit and sustainable development

Operations and maintenance monitoring

Construction monitoring

Key projects

Paris High Court, France

Schools of Tomorrow, Belgium

Nine prisons in north-west France

Stadium of Bordeaux, France

Mont du Lomont Wind Farm, France

Blaise Diagne International Airport, Senegal

Sports and culture

We have extensive experience in advising on sports and cultural infrastructure, liaising with clients from the public and private sectors as well as sponsors and lenders. We have a global vision of the interests of all stakeholders and draw lessons from projects which are already operational.

We collaborate closely with clients on the project set up and design brief development and support them during construction and operation. We provide strategic advisory on business plans for sports infrastructure, helping the developer define a spot-on project scale, from one venue’s seating capacity to sports infrastructure master planning.